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Preferred term

Echinococcosis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Echinococcus Infection
  • Echinococcus Infections
  • Infection, Echinococcus

Note

  • coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC and ECHINOCOCCOSIS, PULMONARY are also available; Taenia echinococcus infection = ECHINOCOCCOSIS + ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS

Scope note

  • An infection caused by the infestation of the larval form of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. The liver, lungs, and kidney are the most common areas of infestation.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • annan och icke specificerad echinokockos
  • blåsmasksjuka
  • echinococcosis
  • echinococcosis alia sive non specificata
  • echinococcosis NAS
  • echinokockos UNS
  • hydatidoosi
  • hydatidos
  • hydatidosis
  • kystinen ekinokokkoosi
  • muu tai määrittämätön ekinokokkoosi
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön ekinokokkoosi
  • Swedish

  • Blåsmasksjuka
  • Echinococcos
  • Ekinokockos

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004443

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